July 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The updated abridged regimen for rabies is effective and carries shorter treatment protocols which is best for countries like Pakistan with scarce resources, chronic shortage of vaccines and innumerable rabid dog-bite cases.
This was stated by Dr Naseem Sallahuddin, head of Department of Infectious Diseases in a leading private hospital.
Instead of 28-day treatment, the new abridged regimen is a two-dose anti-rabies treatment and prolongs for only a week (7 days).
A research study, carried out by the Indus Hospital Infectious Diseases Department, says that 89% of tested patients with the new regimen were confirmed as being well and there were no reports of rabies suspected deaths among the remaining 11%.
July 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The updated abridged regimen for rabies is effective and carries shorter treatment protocols which is best for countries like Pakistan with scarce resources, chronic shortage of vaccines and innumerable rabid dog-bite cases.
This was stated by Dr Naseem Sallahuddin, head of Department of Infectious Diseases in a leading private hospital.
Instead of 28-day treatment, the new abridged regimen is a two-dose anti-rabies treatment and prolongs for only a week (7 days).
A research study, carried out by the Indus Hospital Infectious Diseases Department, says that 89% of tested patients with the new regimen were confirmed as being well and there were no reports of rabies suspected deaths among the remaining 11%.
July 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The updated abridged regimen for rabies is effective and carries shorter treatment protocols which is best for countries like Pakistan with scarce resources, chronic shortage of vaccines and innumerable rabid dog-bite cases.
This was stated by Dr Naseem Sallahuddin, head of Department of Infectious Diseases in a leading private hospital. Instead of 28-day treatment, the new abridged regimen is a two-dose anti-rabies treatment and prolongs for only a week (7 days).
A research study, carried out by the Indus Hospital Infectious Diseases Department, says that 89% of tested patients with the new regimen were confirmed as being well and there were no reports of rabies suspected deaths among the remaining 11%.